Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 38	# 946

Projections

Strikeouts	75	4
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.90	4.53
WHIP	1.10	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 6	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	# 482

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	17

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	120.2	16.1

Wins	9	0

Losses	9	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	102	14

Earned Runs	52	6

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	149	14

Walks	28	7

ERA	3.88	3.31

WHIP	1.08	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	5

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	63.1	5.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	5

Earned Runs	20	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	75	4

Walks	16	2

ERA	2.90	4.53

WHIP	1.10	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Mon, May 18th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Zack Kelly (2026)

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